English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Brook Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Davenham

Historical Forms

  • le Hethlach 1346 VR

Etymology

( 110–691698 ) , 1831 ib , near Puddinglake Brook , which crosses King Street nearby , and is probably le Hethlach 1346 VR , ' the boggy stream from the heath ' , v. hæð , læc(c) , one of the bounds of Rudheath heath , v. 112 , 34 .

Places in the same Parish